William Hemmant (24 November 1837 – 20 September 1916)[1] was a British-Australian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1871 to 1876.

[2] Hemmant was born in Kirkgate, Yorkshire, England, to Thomas and Isabella (née Richmond)[1] on 24 November 1837.

[2] He travelled to England to marry Lucy Ground on 20 September 1866, and returned to Brisbane early the next year.

In 1869 he built Eldernell House (named for a settlement in Cambridgeshire, near his wife's birthplace) which is now the home of the Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane.

He won the seat of East Moreton in the Legislative Assembly in 1871,[2] and successfully contested Bulimba in 1873.